Definition of knockabout
1
: suitable for rough use
knockabout clothing
2a
: being noisy and rough : boisterous
knockabout games
b
: characterized by boisterous antics and often extravagant burlesque
knockabout comedy
3
of a sailing vessel
: having a simplified rig marked by absence of bowsprit and topmast
a knockabout sloop
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The first known use of knockabout was in 1880
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